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Revision as of 23:20, 31 May 2020

H O L O T O P I A:    F I V E    I N S I G H T S



Science gave us a completely new way to look at the world. It gave us powers that the people in Galilei's time couldn't dream of. What might be the theme of the next revolution of this kind?

Science was developed as a way to find causal explanations of natural phenomena. Consequently, it has served us well for some purposes (such as developing science and technology) and poorly for others (such as developing culture).

But the main disadvantage of science in the role of 'headlights' is that it constitutes a 'hammer'; it coerces our creative elite to look for the 'nail'—instead of creating what the people and the society need.

To be continued